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Knowing where to begin with literature journals and databases can be difficult. These are a few suggestions for basic resources:
- MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowThousands of journal articles, book chapters, and dissertations on literature, linguistics, and related fields. Use this database to look for articles and to expand your research.
- Gale Literature This link opens in a new windowThis platform provides access to Gale Literature Criticism, the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Something About the Author, and additional literary focused content. Topic Finder tools are available across the platforms.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles and reviews from journals throughout the 20th century. Helpful in expanding research in multi-disciplinary searches, although not good for works, authors, or topics published in the last decade.
- Literature Online (LION) (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowContains the online full text of over 350,000 works of poetry, drama, and prose fiction from the seventh century to the present day, including American literature, English literature, and other literature written in English. Includes full-text reference resources, biographical information, and literary criticism from over 130 current literature journals, as well as nearly 900 videos of poets reading poetry and unabridged audio recordings of Shakespeare's 38 plays. Provides access to the literary index Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL), The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms, The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, The Faber Poetry Library, King James Bible, and Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged.
- CatalogLooking for books? Or full-text works? More options? Browse the rest of this guide for more suggestions about using the UTSA Library literature collections.